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I would like to have a table with a scrollbar to the right.
I want to accomplish this without any plugins(jQuery) just with css.
The table header is supposed to stay fixed.
What do I need to do to get this working?
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To make an HTML table vertically scrollable, we can wrap the table with a <div> . Then, we can set a fixed height for the <div> using the height property. After that, we can set the overflow-y property to scroll .
If you want tbody to show a scrollbar, set its display: block; . Set display: table; for the tr so that it keeps the behavior of a table. To evenly spread the cells, use table-layout: fixed; . Anyhow, to set a scrollbar, a display reset is needed to get rid of the table-layout (which will never show scrollbar).
Suppose we want to add a scroll bar option in HTML, use an “overflow” option and set it as auto-enabled for adding both horizontal and vertical scroll bars. If we want to add a vertical bar option in Html, add the line “overflow-y” in the files.
use overflow-y if you only want a vertical scroll bar and overflow if you want both a vertical and horizontal. Note: setting an overflow attribute to scroll will always display the scrollbars. If you want the horizontal/vertical scrollbars to only show up when needed, use auto .
You have taken on a task that, if you succeed, will make you a hero. I tried this and the straightforward thing -- to position:fixed; the <thead> -- is impossible. I had to copy all of the <thead> into a new object. But when you do that, the horizontal spacing of the <th> elements all goes away so the headings don't line up with the <td>s anymore. I ended up doing something like this:
First of all, abandon ie6 and ie7. There's no hope for those guys.
Make two copies of the table, one where the body is invisible and the <thead> is visible, and the other where it's vice-versa.
Give z-index:1; to the table with the visible <thead>.
Give z-index:0; to the table with the visible <tbody>.
Deal with horizontal scrolling, but not until after you find that onScroll isn't an ie8 event (not to mention ie6), so that you have to take a setInterval break every tenth of a second or so just to handle scrolling the <thead> left and right in ie8.
This will give you a table body of infinite scroll in both axes, with a table head that scrolls in the x axis only. Pretty much works in FF, Chrome, and Safari. But is shaky in ie8. A real pita.
Good luck, and please write if you get this to work!
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